Four Case Western Reserve trustees commit a combined $10.5 million to the university

Four Case Western Reserve University trustees have committed a combined $10.5 million to the university's $1 billion fundraising campaign.
The university did not disclose the names of the donors or the terms of the gifts, but said in a newsletter the details would be shared once the commitments were finalized.
In a statement, campaign chairman Frank Linsalata, chairman and founder of Linsalata Capital Partners in Mayfield Heights, said the university's trustees “recognize the extraordinary contributions Case Western Reserve makes to learning and discovery — in short, to our future.”
“We are grateful to them for their belief in our mission and their dedication to supporting it with their personal resources,” he said of the donors.
Board members have made several pledges to the university's major fundraising initiative since it launched quietly five years. Those commitments include a $7.5 million gift from current board chairman Charles Fowler, CEO of Fairmount Minerals Ltd. in Chardon, and his wife, Char, to support the Weatherhead School of Management; a $5 million commitment from former board chairman Charles “Bud” Koch, the former chairman and CEO of Charter One Financial, and his wife, Katie, to support the university's new student center; and a $5 million gift from trustee Larry Sears and his wife, Sally Zlotnick, to support a program that encourages entrepreneurship.
Mr. Linsalata, also a former board chairman, and his wife, Jocelyne, also committed $3 million to support student scholarships and the new student center.
“We are deeply grateful to our trustees for their commitments to our capital campaign,” Case Western Reserve president Barbara Snyder said in a statement. “Their support sends a powerful signal to all of our alumni and friends regarding their confidence in Case Western Reserve's future.”
The university's major fundraising campaign went public in October 2011. In the university's last update to Crain's in late January, the campaign had brought in just shy of $800 million.